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Darwin LeOra Teilhet

ダーウィン・レオラ・テイヘット

Darwin LeOra Teilhet

Aliases: Darwin L. Teilhet / Darwin and Hildegarde Teilhet / Cyrus Fisher / William H Fielding / Theo Durant
Pen Names: Cyrus Fisher（Used for juvenile fiction and as a pen name; chosen as a tribute to his father‑in‑law.）, William H Fielding（Alternate name used for some novels.）, Theo Durant（One of the pseudonyms recorded in bibliographic sources.）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1904-05-20 （Wyanet, Illinois, United States）
Died
1964-04-18 （Palo Alto, California, United States） age 59
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Wyanet, Illinois (birthplace) → France (traveled and worked as a teenager) → Hawaii (worked for Dole Pineapple) → Palo Alto, California (place of death and burial)

Career

Occupations
mystery novelist, advertising executive, journalist, film screenwriter, consultant, journalism instructor
Active Years
1931-1964

Awards

Newbery Honor
1947
Work: The Avion My Uncle Flew
Organization: American Library Association (Newbery)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Avion My Uncle Flew

1946 juvenile adventure fiction

A juvenile adventure novel involving airplanes and family experiences.

aviationfamilyadventure
Adaptations
  • [Film] No direct film adaptation recorded

The Fear Makers

1945 thriller/political suspense

A novel dealing with propaganda and manufactured fear; later adapted into a film.

propagandapsychological warfaremedia
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Fearmakers (1958)

My True Love

1945 romance/drama

A romance novel that served as the basis for the 1952 film No Room for the Groom.

loverelationships
Adaptations
  • [Film] No Room for the Groom (1952)

Bibliography

  • Death Flies High
  • Murder in the Air
  • The Talking Sparrow Murders
  • Bright Destination
  • The Ticking Terror Murders
  • The Crimson Hair Murders
  • The Feather Cloak Murders
  • Journey to the West
  • The Broken Face Murders
  • Trouble Is My Master
  • Retreat From the Dolphin
  • Odd Man Pays
  • My True Love
  • The Fear Makers
  • The Avion My Uncle Flew
  • Something Wonderful to Happen
  • Ab Carmody's Treasure: Mystery and Adventure in Guatemala
  • The Happy Island
  • The Mission of Jeffery Tolamy
  • The Unpossessed
  • Steamboat on the River
  • Take Me As I Am
  • Beautiful Humbug
  • The Lion's Skin
  • The Road to Glory
  • The Hawaiian Sword
  • The Big Runaround (aka Dangerous Encounter)

Adaptations

  • They Wanted to Marry (1937, from a short story)
  • No Room for the Groom (1952, from the novel My True Love)
  • The Fearmakers (1958, from the novel The Fear Makers)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
plot‑driven mystery structurepopular narrative voicepractical, explanatory descriptions
Recurring Motifs
airplanes and flight imagerypropaganda and media influenceinternational settings and adventure

Health

  • pneumonia
    第二次世界大戦中（作戦参加前）
    Contracted pneumonia before planned intelligence operations for Operation Overlord and was sent home from service.

Legacy

Darwin Teilhet was a popular mystery and adventure novelist who also worked in film and radio and taught journalism at Stanford University. He received a Newbery Honor for The Avion My Uncle Flew and had several works adapted for film.

Archives

  • Library of Congress (catalog records)
  • Find a Grave (burial record)

In Popular Culture

  • Film adaptations of several works (The Fearmakers, No Room for the Groom, etc.)

Trivia

  • Worked as a circus juggler in France as a teenager.
  • Chose the pen name "Cyrus Fisher" as a tribute to his father‑in‑law, Cyrus Fisher Tolman.
  • Served as an OSS officer producing propaganda and reached the rank of major.
  • Served as executive assistant to the president of Dole Pineapple in Hawaii.
  • Buried with his wife Hildegarde in Golden Gate National Cemetery.